Introduction to Reports

Introduction to Reports

PDQ Inventory provides robust reporting tools that allow you to access your computer inventory data using prebuilt reports. You can also customize the prebuilt reports and create new custom reports. Note that in Free mode you can run the prebuilt reports and create new reports, but Enterprise mode is required to save changes to reports.

Reports can be run and viewed in the Report window using the Run Report button. You can run reports against all computers in the system or select a particular collection (Select Collection Source), making it easier to include the exact data you need. From the same window you can also print and export reports (Print Preview) in a variety of formats. For details, see Running Reports and Previewing and Printing Reports.

Reports are created and edited in the Report windows. The tools available to edit the collection will depend on the type of report (Basic or SQL). For detailed information about building reports, see Creating and Editing Reports.

Prebuilt Reports

PDQ Inventory includes prebuilt reports that you can run, modify, and use as a basis for new reports or dynamic collections (Enterprise mode is required to save a changes to reports). For details, see Managing Reports.

The following table describes the available prebuilt reports.

Report

Description

Application Counts

Organized by application name, this shows the number of computers that have each application installed.

Applications

Organized by computer name, this shows the applications that are installed on each; including application name, publisher, and version.

Displays

Organized by computer name, this shows the displays that are connected to each computer; including manufacturer, model, description, and serial number.

Hardware Devices

Organized by class name, this shows the count of computers that have various hardware installed; including device name and computer count.

Logical Disks

Organized by computer name, this shows the logical disks of each computer; including drive letter, file system type, size in gigabytes (GB), and percentage of free space available.

Memory Modules

Organized by computer name, this shows the memory modules of each computer; including tag, capacity in megbytes (MB), speed, width, serial number, and model.

Operating Systems

Organized by operating system (OS) name, this shows the number of computers that have each OS installed.

Processors

Organized by computer name, this shows the processors of each computer; including processor names, count, cores, and speed.

Security Hot Fixes

Organized by computer name, this shows the hot fixes of each computer; including operating system, the hot fix, the description, date of installation, who installed it, and the help URL of the specific hot fix.

Service Accounts

Organized by service account, this shows associated services and the number of computers that have each of those services; including the account, title, and name.

Service Packs

Organized by operating system (OS) name, this shows the number of computers with each service pack installed; including service pack number, and computer count.

NOTE: If the service pack displays 0, this indicates that the number of computers listed do not have a service pack installed for that operating system.

Services

Organized by title, this shows the number of computers that have different services; including the title and name.

Shared Folders

Organized by computer name, this shows the different shared folders; including the share, path, and description.

Report Types

You can use the built-in report designer tools to create custom PDQ Inventory Basic or SQL reports. The following table explains the options when creating new reports.

Type

Description

Basic

Creates a new basic report built using the easy report designer.

From Collection

Creates a new basic report using the selected dynamic collection data.